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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will. Watch.
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How to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com As the UN General Assembly embraced “blustering speeches and endless unread communiqués,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen says, Zohran Mamdani seems to be “offering an antidote to globe-spanning distemper. To restore faith in institutions, you must begin from the bottom up.”
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Opinion | Zohran Mamdani Is Showing the World How It’s Done
The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by ICE 10 days ago. The bullet is still lodged in his back. He’s been forced to sleep on the floor and hasn’t been given medication, according to his attorney. Now DHS is claiming he assaulted an agent. Can we trust anything DHS says given its track record?
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ACLU @aclu.org · 01/10/2026
President Trump does not have the power to unilaterally change Title IX. LGBTQ students continue to be protected from discrimination under federal civil rights law. With the administration's continued cruel anti-trans actions, schools must not waver in their commitment to protecting queer students.
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Trump's Title IX Announcement Is Cruel. But It Does Not Change The Law
“Schools can and should continue to include transgender students equally in all educational programs,” writes Chase Strangio.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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ACLU @aclu.org · 29/09/2026
What do we mean when we say “free and fair elections”? Learn more about why our voting rights are critical to our democracy, and how you can defend those rights during the midterms, at youtu.be/tIiZels1fYs
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
Today, we opened the Jobs NYC Center at 2 Lafayette Street — a walk-in hub where New Yorkers can find city job opportunities, get application support, and connect with hiring agencies.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 25/09/2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing ill-conceived plans to rapidly increase detention capacity, and the total will likely rise due to ongoing mismanagement, congressional investigators warned. to.pbs.org/4xELMY9
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ICE has wasted tens of millions of dollars with 'uninformed' detention plans, GAO finds
Among the misspending was nearly $3 million to erect tents at Guantanamo Bay that were never used, $20 million to maintain purchased warehouses that are now being sold without having housed a single d...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good. I hope journalists and media outlets keep standing up to Trump’s relentless attacks on the First Amendment. The lesson of history is that capitulating to a tyrant only invites more tyranny.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 19/09/2026
The president does not have the authority to interfere with our elections.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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Politico @politico.com · 18/09/2026
Urgent motion filed to stop carving of Trump’s name into US Institute of Peace building
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Urgent motion filed to stop carving of Trump’s name into US Institute of Peace building
Ousted board members say a contractor has already been selected for the project.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026
Could new bus shelter roofs help New Yorkers stay cool in extreme heat? We're testing a few in Brownsville to find out: a green roof covered with native plants, and reflective roofs covered with low-cost, heat-resilient film.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You think this regime can't get any more cartoonishly evil, but then it finds a way. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Republicans win control of the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy. Feel like we've been here before? Here's why it keeps happening.
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How Does This Keep Happening?
Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy.Feel like we've been here before?
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 13/09/2026
Flight attendants have the right to organize a union without intimidation or interference. I've received reports that Delta threatened pay and benefits, and encouraged new workers to report colleagues for even mentioning a union. I'm pushing back against union-busting tactics.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
trump and congressional republicans take food stamps away from 4000 kids in west virginia: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/4000...
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4,000 fewer West Virginia children have SNAP since One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed
About 4,000 fewer West Virginia children have federal food assistance benefits as of May, a year after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed last summer, according to data from th...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/09/2026
🚨 JUST IN: The Supreme Court has rejected Missouri Republicans’ emergency bid to use a new Trump-backed congressional map in the November midterms, leaving the state’s previous districts in place.
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Supreme Court Shuts Down Missouri GOP's Last-Ditch Bid to Rig the Midterm Map
The Supreme Court dealt Missouri Republicans a real setback on Tuesday, rejecting their emergency request to use a newly drawn congressional map that was built
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
See this chart? Workers’ share of the nation’s income is at the lowest it’s been since records began in 1947. Corporate profits’ share, on the other hand, is the highest it’s been since 1950. This is why we must build back worker power.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 08/09/2026
The European Union on Monday sought to reassure a jittery Greenland with the promise of a stronger partnership and hundreds of millions of euros in investment following repeated threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to take control of the island. to.pbs.org/4gYm7n6
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EU seeks to reassure a Trump-rattled Greenland with promise of a new partnership and investment
The European Union is promising Greenland a stronger partnership and hundreds of millions of euros in investment, wanting to reassure Greenland after U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to take cont...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/09/2026
New York City officials are making public more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks. The records suggest that New Yorkers were told to return to the ground zero area before it was safe. nyti.ms/3UDZehm
Smoke rises from the ruins of the topped World Trade Center towers. A headline reads: "After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality" Photo by Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
We're just hurtling toward immense destruction & suffering & the entire US political class has agreed it's better not to talk about it. "Insanity" barely covers it.
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U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target
Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 01/09/2026
Gun suicide is an urgent public health crisis that claims the lives of nearly 27,000 people in America every year. But there is hope. These tragedies are preventable, and one of the most effective life-saving interventions for someone in crisis is disrupting their access to a gun.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Met a gun owner on my walk who wanted to talk to me about protecting the 2nd Amendment but she also believes in universal background checks and required training and was shocked to learn the NRA opposes all that - and this is a conversation I have with gun owners all the time.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 17,180 cases across 48 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,700 measles cases (including 2 recent deaths) — a 35 year high. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/08/2026
REMINDER: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in now 73 days. Yet he still: •Has his job •Gets paid, and •Gets free world-class healthcare The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, & against guaranteed paid leave—gets all three as he needs it most.😐
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE arrests have hit a record high for Trump's second term. A vast majority of those who have been arrested are people with no criminal history. Remember that private prison companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group were some of Trump's biggest donors. They're now reporting billions in revenue.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The amount the Trump regime has spent waging war on Iran could have... -Funded free school lunches for every child -Lowered health insurance premiums for 20 million people -Doubled the National Park Service budget -Fully funded public radio and television ...with money left over. Priorities.
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/08/2026
Troops speaking out against their deployments to our cities are right: The National Guard should be used for real emergencies like natural disaster relief, not as political pawns for the president.
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In candid interviews, National Guard members speak out about D.C. deployment
As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 24/08/2026
I wonder if he had any insider information.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/08/2026
Proud to announce that New York City has registered a record 4,200 New Yorkers in our doula care program.  Pregnancy and childbirth are life-changing moments. No one should be forced to navigate them alone.
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Mayor Mamdani Expands Access to Doula Care Across NYC as Citywide Initiative Surpasses 4,000 People Served
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Trump personally intervened in the DOJ’s case against LiveNation-Ticketmaster, reportedly telling top officials to “settle it.” LiveNation donated $500K to Trump’s inauguration, then hired a law firm with close ties to Trump weeks before the scheduled trial. The corruption is endless.
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Trump Told DOJ to Settle Live Nation Case After Meeting With CEO in Oval Office
Donald Trump directed the DOJ to settle its antitrust case with Live Nation after meeting with CEO Michael Rapino in the
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power. Remember this.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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EarthlyEducation @earthlyeducation.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I don't really understand how breaking the all time ocean temperature record doesn't dominate the news cycle, sports and celebrities get more air time than the collapse of our planet's life support systems 🙃
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Your regular reminder that if not for the Trump and Bush tax cuts, federal revenues would keep pace with federal spending indefinitely. Instead, these tax cuts have added at least $10 trillion to the debt. The so called "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Elon Musk said he’d spend less on elections after a falling out with Trump. He's now reportedly donating to Republicans again ahead of the 2026 midterms. Musk pulled the strings early on in Trump 2.0. It now appears that he wants even more influence within the GOP.
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What Does Elon Musk Really Want?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The country’s 10 richest billionaires have seen their wealth increase by nearly $700 billion since Trump reentered the White House. Meanwhile, fundraising for essential expenses on GoFundMe increased by 20% over the past year. “Golden Age” for who?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/12/2025
He'll start a war to: 1. Distract from the Epstein Files 2. Steal oil 3. Justify emergency powers 4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment 5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
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DebJordan Kauble @debjordan-kauble.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
How we feel about this is how the whole rest of the world feels about Americans.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I’m tired. Aren’t you tired America?
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
It’s time to stop saying that we need to understand these people. We do understand them. We understand that they have dug in their heels so deeply, they will not be moved by anything: not facts or data or truth or their own eyes. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-cant-ch...
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We Can't Change These Hateful People, America. We Have to Outnumber Them.
There’s an old saying: “When the horse is dead… dismount.”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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